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Making Faces: Using Forensic and Archaeological Evidence (Paperback)

by A.J.N.W. Prag (Author), R. Neave (Author)
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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: British Museum Press; New edition edition (April 1999)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0714127159
  • ISBN-13: 978-0714127156
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 17 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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Facial reconstruction brings together the work of numerous specialists ranging from archaeologists to geneticists. Prag and Neave consider both the historical implications and the modern applications of this important new technique

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating - almost literally brings history back to life!, 14 Nov 2000
John Prag and his team have perfected the technique of reconstructing human faces from skulls found at historical and (pre-historical) digs. The book shows how excavated (and often incomplete) skulls and pieces together on a clay base. The thickness of the flesh on our skulls is well understood, so a clay "musculature" is added before the "skin" layer which can be coloured and given hair. The finished reconstructions are remarkably life like. The archaeological evidence can even predict how people died (injuries) how old they were (dental analysis) and even how much pain they were in - if they had arthritis. The reconstruction of Philip of Macedonia (Alexander the Great's father) graphically shows a healed wound over his right eye caused by an arrow was fired from a rampart which took out his eye. Most people of the period wouldn't have survived such a wound. He clearly did - as his face adorns to book's cover. The spacing of facial features can even be used to predict family relationships between different bodies in the same burial mound, since we all tend to look like our parents and siblings. This established face-shape methodology has been confirmed recently by DNA analysis. This is a great read drawing, as it does, on so many disciplines - archaeology, anatomy, forensics, dentistry and even make-up artistry!
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